Hygienic Design
The challenges in today’s food and beverage processing industry include global supply chain instability, rising shipping costs and labor shortages. But perhaps the most critical challenge is maintaining safety and sanitation standards. This is where identifying industrial enclosures engineered specifically for food production environments is key in helping to maintain a safe and sanitary facility where uptime is maximized and the potential for contamination is reduced.
Rittal’s specially designed Rittal Hygienic Design (HD) enclosures meet even the toughest hygienic requirements in full. Rittal has a comprehensive product portfolio that ranges from enclosures to operating housings for safely accommodating electrical equipment, food, beverages, and safety equipment like fire extinguishers. They have been meticulously designed to meet global requirements, regulations, and guidelines of the food and beverage and other harsh industries. All the external parts are made entirely of stainless steel, which means a high resistance to chemicals, cleaning agents, and disinfectants. The roof of the HD compact enclosures tilt 30°, which allows both food and liquids — including water used for cleaning — to run off quickly while ensuring visibility for enclosures mounted high on the wall. The enclosures meet the IP 66 protection category in accordance with IEC 60 529, as well as the NEMA 4X protection class, and they are thus protected against splashing and water jets. They can easily be cleaned with a high-pressure cleaner.
Now it’s time for Rittal to answer your questions on every aspect of our Hygienic Design solutions, and provide an open forum where you can ask and be answered by a panel of experts. Each section below contains everything you need to know about this suite of solutions.